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WH 1753

Siglum
WH 1753
Transliteration
l zhmn bn yʿly h- wqʿt
Translation
Zhmn son of Yʿly is at this watering-hole

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: h-wqʿt "this stone"
Commentary
The author seems to have omitted the last two letters of his father's name and then added them above wqʿt. For the interpretation of wqʿt see Al-Jallad & Jaworska (in press). The inscription below WH 1753 is WH 1843. It is not clear why WH separated them.

Provenance
WH Cairn 23 and this inscription were rediscovered and photographed by the Badia Epigraphic Survey in 2018 and the co-ordinates given are exact.
Original Reading Credit
Ed. pr.

Associated Inscriptions

  • Winnett, F.V. & Harding, G.L. Inscriptions from Fifty Safaitic Cairns. (Near and Middle East Series, 9). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978.
  • Al-Jallad, A. & Jaworska, K.A. Dictionary and Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. Volume I: Dictionary. Leiden: Brill, 2019
Site
WH Cairn 23, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Watering
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0012606
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